Aug 30, 2021 Week: 36 Day: 242
Ave. Sky Cover: 15%\Visibility:
10 miles
Local Temp: 84°\ 52° Wind: 4mph\ Gusts: 6mph
Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
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Paralympic Games |
24-9/5 |
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Be Kind To Humankind Week |
25-31 |
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International Bat Night |
28-29 |
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US Open
Tennis Championships |
30-9/12 |
Daily Oberservations
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Beach Day Frankenstein Day Grief Awareness Day Marshmallow Toasting Day Toasted Marshmallow Day |
Favorite Memes
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A
quick smile!
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What
is the opposite of a croissant? A
happy uncle |
My
Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
A
warm day with hopes the monsoon comes back later today. Yesterday’s shower was
very nice
Last
night’s discussion group went very well. Lots of participation made it much
easier to present. The plan to arbitrarily draw country boundaries by the British
at the height of their empire show that no matter how good the intentions, it
just didn’t work. Fighting groups are still fighting based on a history of
tribal like disagreements, many based on religion. So difficult to comprehend.
The
National Religious Broadcasters, an evangelical nonprofit, has fired its Senior
VP of Communications. The issue is that he went on CNN and encouraged people to
get the vaccine. I guess he is lucky that he wasn’t stoned to death or burned
at the stake as a heretic. I guess that is progress.
I
watched the solemn moment when the 13 military coffins returned to the US. So
very sad.
Historical
Events
70
– Titus ended the siege of Jerusalem after destroying The Second Temple.
1363
Beginning of the Battle of Lake Poyang; two Chinese rebel leaders Chen Youliang
and Zhu Yuanzhang are pitted against each other in what was one of the largest
naval battles in history during Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty
1850
Honolulu, Hawaii, becomes a city
1890
President Benjamin Harrison signed the first U.S. law requiring inspection of
meat products
1967
– Thurgood Marshall was confirmed as the first African American Justice of the
Supreme Court of the United States.
1984
– The Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-41-D) takes off on its maiden voyage.
1993
150,000,000th visitor to Eiffel Tower
2020
India reports world's highest single-day increase in COVID-19 cases at 78,761
Birthdays
Today
@53
– Mary Shelley, English novelist, and playwright, Frankenstein (d, 1851; brain
tumor?)
@94 – Shirley Booth [Marjory Ford], American actress
(d. 1992)
91
– Warren Buffett, American businessman, philanthropist
@83 – Fred MacMurray, American actor (d.1991)
@83 – Ted Williams, American baseball player (d. 2002)
@80 – Geoffrey Beene [Samuel Albert Bozeman Jr.], fashion designer (d. 2004)
@72 – Peggy Lipton, model, actress [Mod Squad] (d. 2019;
cancer)
73
– Lewis Black, American comedian, and author
@65 – John Phillips, singer-songwriter [Mamas & Papas] (d.
2001; heart failure)
58
– Michael Chiklis, actor
49
– Cameron Diaz, actress
48
– Lisa Ling, journalist, author
